Collection of images to protest the decision repealing Roe vs Wade and to encourage the fight for reproductive rights that lies ahead
What’s not agreeing or not with abortion, but is about the fundamental right to choose for it, as a Woman
By Malike Favre
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
Attacks on abortion anywhere threaten our rights everywhere
By Fatinha Ramos
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
Pregnancy is not easy under any circumstance. I can’t imagine being forced into it. No-one else should ever decide for you what is right for your life, for your health, for your body
By Allison Cole
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
America’s increasingly retrograde model of justice
By Del Hambre
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
What I do with my body is my choice and no-one else’s
By Lo Harris
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
The right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human
By Mafesharu (Nazarin Rastan)
Picture taken from www.domestika.org
Reactions to the images:
Image “What’s not agreeing or not with abortion, but is about the fundamental right to choose for it, as a Woman” By Malika Favre
Nancy R. Goodman’s reaction: The stark black and white presentation of reaching invading hands form contrast that is seen clearly until it begins to merge together. Eventually there are no boundaries as the beautiful silhouette of female slips into the darkness. The black and white hold significance about the body and about race. There are two hands that almost appear to be protective or caressing—they are alone among the grabbing eleven other hands. The denial of abortion rights is depicted so directly and the viewer sees the invasión and possession of the body by the hands. There is no protection.
Image “The right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human right” By Mafreshounn Nazann Rastan
Nancy R. Goodman’s reaction: In her art work mafreshounn gives us a perfect depiction of the reverse rape that takes place when there is no choice. Like a nightmare trying to represent what is unthinkable, the details of her image speak of the violence and intimacy of anti- abortion rape. The interior of a woman's reproductive body is invaded by a dark force in the guise of a male figure who walks off with a perfect replica of the woman's insides. She is left with a blue emptiness we can see with our eyes and weep. Often, psychoanalysts refer to a particular fantasy of the lost continent, the female sexuality that is considered too frightening to. There then ensues an erasure of this powerful place of feeling and creativity. Here in this image, the interior is noted and stolen, with the audience watching. The artist sates: The right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human right. Decisions about Our bodies are ours alone.
Image “Barceloneta Bunnies” By Miguel Luciano
Nancy R. Goodman’s reaction: I recognized right away that the image of bunnies conveys fertility and population growth. Where there are bunnies, there will be more bunnies and with their wiggly noses and hopping dances, they are innocent and cute. Miguel Luciano invites the viewer to look more closely; and, it is chilling. There is the shape of a “vegetable”, or is it a breast, or is it a missile? Keep looking, this is about abortion and abortion rights of women. Then the blood and dismembered hand appear as one sees more clearly. When women are deprived of choice, they are maimed.